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Building a better backpack rack

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema
A nearly decade-long partnership with Kent ISD gives GVSU students the chance to improve the daily lives of those with disabilities...

How can I keep from singing?

Sparta Abigail Ham, SNN intern
At Sparta Middle School and High School, new hire Bob Alonzo is building a thriving vocal music program from the ground up...

Creating little legends by letting littles create

Project STEM Alexis Stark
The area, funded in part by a grant from the district’s education foundation, is aimed at building motor skills, inspiring exploration...

A sound investment in reading comprehension

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell
The features 'help you understand what you’re reading about,' these third-graders explain...

Opening doors to science

Project STEM Erin Albanese
No more memorizing terms and moving on. Students must explore the 'why?' and 'how?'...

Fears imagined, realized, shared and sometimes faced

Northview Morgan Jarema
Art teacher September Buys invited her seventh- and eighth-graders to ask themselves questions famous artists ask themselves, to visualize their answers and then to create them...

From five-minute sketches to frightful creatures

Godfrey-Lee Alexis Stark
Godfrey-Lee art teacher Rosanne Steffens’ third-graders drew five-minute monster sketches; her high school Advanced Drawing students then reimagined them into terrifying monsters...

It’s all hands-on in chemistry

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The approach is in its second year as a national pilot...

Educators Rising empowers future teachers

Wyoming Alexis Stark
The new class is part of a national effort that aims to draw high-school students to the profession...

Making art a COVID lifesaver

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
A talented middle-school student finds relief from pandemic stress in his artwork...

Intro to printmaking a hit with fourth-graders

Northview Morgan Jarema
The annual lesson is part of a unit focused on contour lines, and builds on skills introduced and practiced in earlier grades...

Employers, meet your future workforce

Wyoming Erin Albanese
About 120 students learned of the many jobs out there from representatives of nearly 30 different professions...

A safe landing for Santa’s helpers

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Materials for the project came from a Discovering STEM kit, donated by Grand Valley State University. The recently discontinued program was run by the GVSU’s Regional Math and Science Center...

Powered by hydraulics

Kenowa Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
“I see now what it takes to be an engineer. The amount of ideas you have to come up with is crazy,” said one eighth-grader...

Making waves in the new school

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
Science lessons move from cart to classroom, and the results are engaging...
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A visit from angels

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
A trio of serene angels, a twinkling Star of Bethlehem and a clear midnight sky provide a holiday scene for seniors to enjoy...
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